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Associate Professor

Heidi TAN

Associate Professor (Joint Appointment)
Master of Science in Health Professions Education, Maastricht University , Netherlands
Cluster:
Health and Social Sciences
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SIT Appointments

  • Associate Professor (Joint Appointment)
    – Present
  • Senior Lecturer (Joint Appointment)
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  • HSS Clinical Practice Education Committee Chairperson
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  • Lecturer (Joint Appointment)
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Education

  • Master of Science in Health Professions Education
    Maastricht University , Netherlands
  • Master of Workplace Injury Management and Occupational Rehabilitation
    University of Newcastle , Australia
  • Master of Ergonomics
    University of Queensland , Australia
  • BSc (Hons) in Occupatioal Therapy
    St Loye’s School of Occupational Therapy , United Kingdom

Achievements

  • Skills Future Fellowship Award
  • National Healthcare Group Young Achievers Award
  • Singapore Allied Health Award (Gold), Singapore Health and Biomedical Congress
  • National Healthcare Group Education Leader Award
  • Best Oral Presentation Award, National Occupational Therapy Conference
  • National Day Efficiency Medal

Professional Memberships

  • Certified Disability Management Practitioner (NIDMAR)
    – Present
  • Singapore Medical Council (SMC) Complaints Committee Member
    – Present
  • Allied Health Professional Council (AHPC) Complaints Committee Member
    – Present
  • Member, Singapore Association of Occupational Therapists

Corporate Experience

  • Workshop facilitator for Return-To-Work Coordination workshops for Healthcare Professionals
    Present
  • Workshop facilitator in Occupational Rehabilitation Workshop for Occupational Therapists
    Present
  • Invited speaker in “Occupational Rehabilitation” session for post graduates in Masters in Public Health, National University of Singapore since 2011 (on-going)
    Present
  • Invited speaker in “Ergonomics Programme” for Advanced Medical Trainees in the National Occupational Medicine Training Programme since 2007 (on-going)
    – Present
  • Workgroup member to review Singapore Standard SS514:2005 Code of Practice on Office Ergonomics
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  • Project head for “Maintenance Exercise Therapy Team (METT)” (2009 to 2012, Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports project)
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Research Interests

  • Work rehabilitation
  • Occupational Safety and Health
  • Clinical Education and Educator development

Current Projects

  • An exploratory study on the use of an occupation-focused approach in hand therapy practice
    – Present
  • Becoming Clinical Educators at workplace- Perspectives from Occupational Therapists
    – Present
  • The junior therapist subjective feeling of being a clinical supervisor in an acute hospital
    – Present

Past Projects

  • Cost-benefits of a case manager based system for rehabilitation of injured workers (2009 to 2012, Ministry of Manpower project)
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  • The Study on the Rehabilitation of Industrial Accident Victims for Return to Gainful Employment (2007 and 2008, Ministry of Manpower project)
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Journal Papers

  • H.S.K. Tan, D.S.C. Yeo, J.Y.T.Giam, F.W.F.Cheong & K.F.Chan (2016). A randomized controlled trial of a Return-to-Work Coordinator model of care in a general hospital to facilitate return to work of injured workers.  Work (54): 209-222.

Conferences

  • Oral presentation on “Return to Work Coordination in Singapore” at World Federation of Occupational Therapists Conference in Japan

  • Oral presentation on “Return to Work Coordination in Singapore” at Singapore Rehabilitation Conference

  • Oral presentation on “Ergonomics for the busy Workplace Safety and Health practitioner” in Workplace Safety and Health Institute Forum

  • Oral presentation on “Occupational therapists as Return to Work Coordinators” research study at National Occupational Therapy Conference

  • Oral presentation on “Development of Return to Work coordinator model for injured workers in Singapore” in Public Health Conference

  • Oral presentation on “Return to Work coordinator model” in Work Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation Conference in Shanghai

  • Oral presentation on “Ergonomics in Working adults” in Singapore Health and Biomedical Congress

  • Oral presentation on “Assessment of Injured Workers for Return to Work and Workplace Intervention” in Public Health and Occupational Medicine Conference

  • Paper presentation on “Survey of Work Rehabilitation Services in Singapore” in the World Federation of Occupational Therapists Congress in July

  • Co-Presented on “Workplace Ergonomics” with a Rehabilitation Physician in the National Workplace Health Promotion Conference in Nov

  • Oral presentation on “The Safe Manual Handling Program for Nurses” in the Combined Scientific Congress (National Healthcare Group, SingHealth and National University Hospital) Occupational Health Best Practice Symposium in Nov

  • Oral presentation on “The Ergonomics Approach to Occupational Stress and Strain” in the National Healthcare Group Annual Scientific Congress- Allied Health Symposium in Oct